Townsley - Joseph
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal August 19, 1898
Joseph Townsley, aged 50 years, died on Saturday night about 8 o'clock at his home in Indianapolis. He had been ill for nearly five years but was able to be about and was the guest of his brother Mace here in June. Two hours before his death, he returned from down town and was apparently as well as usual. The funeral occurred on Monday at his home and the body was brought here for interment, arriving on the Big Four at 8:55 Tuesday morning and being taken directly to Oak Hill. Joseph Townsley was a son of Jere Townsley and was born and raised in this county. When the war broke out he was only 15 years of age but was so determined to enlist that he ran off and after several unsuccessful efforts he was finally admitted to the 124th Indiana regiment in which he served with distinguished credit. After the war he began railroading and followed that vocation until obliged by ill health to retire. He was married about twenty years ago to Miss Carrie Beckman, of Louisville, and one child, a daughter now 16 years of age, is left to mourn with her mother. Mr. Townsley was a pleasant gentleman and an enviable reputation for uprightness and devotion to his duty. He had hundreds of friends here and all will be saddened to learn of his death. – thanks to Kim H
